Oct 2, 2012

Midweek Madness - Elder Scrolls Collection - 50% off!

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition - Valve

Now until Thursday at 4PM Pacific Time, save big on the Elder Scrolls Collection as this week's Midweek Madness!

This collection includes the award-winning titles Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim along with the Dawnguard DLC for Skyrim!

Choose from hundreds of weapons, spells, and abilities. The legendary freedom of choice, storytelling, and adventure of The Elder Scrolls is realized like never before!

Aug 2, 2012

Quakecon Weekend Starts Now!

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition - Valve

In celebration of the mega gaming event QUAKECON, save big on different games from id Software and Bethesda each day, now through August 6th at 10am Pacific Time.

Today only, save 50% on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and 66% off the previous Elder Scrolls titles!

Or, pick up the massive QUAKECON Bundle, a collection of all released id and Bethesda titles for one low price!

Pre-purchasers of Dishonored, the upcoming title from the acclaimed Arkane Studios, will also receive an additional discount on the QUAKECON Bundle!

Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for more great deals and special offers.

Apr 30, 2012

Weeklong Sale - Morrowind and Oblivion, 50% off!

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition - Valve

In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, take 50% off Morrowind and Oblivion all week long on Steam*!

An epic, open-ended single-player RPG, Morrowind allows you to create and play any kind of character imaginable. You can choose to follow the main storyline and find the source of the evil blight that plagues the land, or set off on your own to explore strange locations and develop your character based on their actions throughout the game.

*Offer ends Monday, May 7th at 10AM Pacific Time

Mar 16, 2012

Elder Scrolls Online reveal in May - report

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition

Bethesda will unveil its heavily rumoured Elder Scrolls MMO in May, according to a new report.

Elder Scrolls Online, as it is apparently known, is set a millennium prior to the events of Skyrim, an "industry source" told Tom's Guide.

It is speculated that this means the unannounced game is set during the Second Era of Elder Scrolls lore, hundreds of years before any game in the fantasy role-playing series. It will, apparently, feature three playable factions, each represented by an animal: lion, dragon and bird of prey (either a phoenix or an eagle).

The Elder Scrolls MMO is then expected to be shown at the E3 expo in June, and again in more detail at Quakecon, alongside Doom 4.

It is in production at ZeniMax Online Studios, which has been after staff with MMO knowledge for some time now.

Indeed, rumblings of an Elder Scrolls MMO have been felt since 2007, when Bethesda registered the website address elderscrollsonline.com. Then, Bethesda marketing chap Pete Hines said the company was only snapping up URLs to prevent others from getting there first.

Then, in 2010, legal papers submitted in the now settled court case between Bethesda and Interplay revealed the company was working on a "World of Warcraft type MMO".

Apparently development on the MMO had been ongoing since 2006 and involved "close to a hundred people" and a budget of "tens of millions of dollars".

In 2007, Bethesda's parent company ZeniMax hired Mythic Entertainment co-founder Matt Firor to lead development of an MMO. His experience on Dark Ages of Camelot, a traditional fantasy game, closely fits the Elder Scrolls bill.

Dec 4, 2011

Skyrim? Nah, Let's Look at an Improved Morrowind Instead

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition

For all that is good about Skyrim, there are still Elder Scrolls fans who have a special place in their hearts reserved for the relatively wacky 2002 iteration of the series, Morrowind.

Which is great, because Morrowind is a great game! It's also, sadly, a little ugly these days, which is a problem for those either looking to play it for the first time or looking to play it for the first time in years.

Not to worry. The Morrowind Overhaul project continues to look very promising in that regard. While we've seen other attempts at giving the old game a new lease of life this year, they've had their problems, something Morrowind Overhaul 2.0, as this project is called, is looking to improve on.

It certainly does look lovely. For those with a copy of Morrowind on PC and would like to check it out, it should be out in the next week or two.

Oh! And if you're impressed with the song, you can catch more info here.

Morrowind Overhaul [Nehrim]

Aug 5, 2011

QUAKECON 2011 Sale - Day Two - Elder Scrolls Pack

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition - Valve

Today only, save 67% on the Elder Scrolls Pack! If you've pre-purchased The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, you'll save an additional 33% off the pack price! Pre-purchasing Skyrim will also net you the "Iron Helmet" for the Heavy in Team Fortress 2! (see store page for details)

Additionally, Steam Cloud integration has been added to many of your favorite id/Bethesda titles, allowing your game saves to travel with you wherever you play. Just launch your Steam copy of games like Doom, Quake, Elder Scrolls, and Brink, and your game saves will be copied to the cloud.

Finally, the massive QUAKECON Pack, a collection of all released id and Bethesda titles is available until August 8th at over 75% off!

Check back tomorrow for more great deals and special offers.

Mar 10, 2011

Skyrim has what made Morrowind "special"

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will hark back to Morrowind and the "wonder of discovery" - something Bethesda wittingly "sacrificed" for Oblivion.

"It should feel alien," creative director Todd Howard said of Morrowind to OXM, "kind of 'stranger in a strange' land - with familiar looking elements only rooting you early in the game.

"The whole tone ends up being one of 'I'm an outsider, I'm uncomfortable'.

"With Oblivion, we're dealing with the capital province, and we wanted to get back to the more classic Arena and Daggerfall feel of a fantasy world that felt more refined and welcoming, a place that you instantly understood.

"But in that," he added, "we sacrificed some of what made Morrowind special: the wonder of discovery. With Skyrim, we're trying to bring some of that back and walk the line between Morrowind and Oblivion. Where it's at first familiar looking, but has its own unique culture and spin on it."

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, released 2002, looted 8/10 on Eurogamer. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - a simultaneous March 2006 release on PC, 360 (later PS3) - scored 10/10.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will release in November on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Big things are expected. What we know so far? Skyrim has dual-wielding, perks, finishers, no classes, fancy menus and a brand new (evolved, really) Creation Engine.

Video: Skyrim.

Jan 7, 2011

7 More Minutes of A Visually-Improved Morrowind

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition

Recently we told you about a fan project that gives 2002 role-playing game favorite The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind significantly upgraded graphics. Then this mod compilation got blocked due to complications. Still, here's a new video of it.

As our Luke Plunkett wrote overnight, all is not lost with the nixing of this so-called Morrowind 2011. It was a compilation of other Morrowind mods you still may be able to cobble together yourself.

Morrowind 2011 [YouTube]

Jan 3, 2011

The Elder Scrolls Fans Give Morrowind A Makeover

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition

Give your 2002 copy of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind a fresh, modern day coat of paint with the Morrowind 2011 Graphical Project, a graphical once-over that may make you love the look of Bethesda's massive role-playing game.

The Morrowind 2011 Graphical Project is basically a long, long list of Morrowind mods (4 gigabytes worth!) stuffed into a single, seemingly easy-to-use package. It won't necessarily make the game look as attractive as more recent Elder Scrolls games, but if you've found your interest in the series reignited after the announcement of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, this might be a better way to play through Morrowind.

The project's overseer has uploaded more videos of the mod collection to YouTube, should you need further convincing the files are worth the download.

Morrowind 2011 Graphical Project [Official Site via Reddit]